hellion

hel·lion | \ ˈhel-yən

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Definition of hellion

: a troublesome or mischievous person

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My children can act like little hellions when they're bored. the little hellions were tearing through the house squirting their water pistols

Recent Examples on the Web But the 2020 Civic Si is a worthy successor to my 2006 hellion. — Tribune News Service, cleveland, "The racy Honda Civic Si just wants to have fun (auto review)," 7 Dec. 2019 But the 2020 Civic Si is a worthy successor to my 2006 hellion. — Tribune News Service, cleveland, "The racy Honda Civic Si just wants to have fun (auto review)," 7 Dec. 2019 But the 2020 Civic Si is a worthy successor to my 2006 hellion. — Tribune News Service, cleveland, "The racy Honda Civic Si just wants to have fun (auto review)," 7 Dec. 2019 But the 2020 Civic Si is a worthy successor to my 2006 hellion. — Henry Payne, chicagotribune.com, "The racy Honda Civic Si just wants to have fun," 3 Dec. 2019 My kids seemed adorable, completely unlike the hellions who made me pull the car over on the Henry Hudson Parkway just hours earlier and threaten them with military school. — Chris Morocco, Bon Appétit, "This Shop Makes Me Want to Move to Westchester and Subsist on Mushroom Coffee Alone," 4 Nov. 2019 Detroit Police have a message for a band of hellions responsible for flinging scooters into the Detroit River, rolling the contraptions downhill in an attempt to knock people down and pushing a man to the ground. — Micah Walker, Detroit Free Press, "Viral video shows youth tossing scooters into Detroit River, damaging property," 23 Aug. 2019 Even Dogtown skateboard legend Tony Alva, once a hellion of rebellion, has come to embrace inner peace through daily meditation (and still rips on his board at age 61). — Barbara Odanaka, latimes.com, "A guide to L.A.’s best skate parks," 7 June 2019 That feels a little like the moment liberals are in right now, what with all these hot politicians stepping onto the global stage out of nowhere, some of whom may very well be nationalist hellions. — Kenzie Bryant, Vanities, "Is the Hot Politician Evil?: A Parlor Game for Our Broken Era," 1 June 2018

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11 Jan 2020

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“Hellion.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hellion. Accessed 19 January 2020.

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